21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded during the 2004-2005 school year
An examination of the impact of children’s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories
Reports & Papers
21st Century Community Learning Centers: Evaluation of projects funded during the 2004-2005 school year [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the impact of children’s participation in after school learning programs, created or expanded pursuant to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, on their academic performance in various categories
Executive Summary
The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report
The interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments
Reports & Papers
The Abbott Preschool Program Longitudinal Effects Study (APPLES): Interim report [Executive summary]
A summary of the interim results through kindergarten of a longitudinal study of the impact of participation in the New Jersey Abbott Preschool Program, a publicly-funded, high-quality preschool program for children in high-poverty school districts, based on classroom observations and direct child assessments
Executive Summary
Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs
A compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children
Reports & Papers
Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs [Executive summary]
A summary of a compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children
Executive Summary
Academic competence in preschool: Exploring the role of close relationships and anxiety
A discussion of preschool children’s psychosocial pathway to school readiness and the importance of primary caregiver attachment as it relates to children’s anxiety, peer relationships and academic success, based on parent and teacher interviews and evaluations of 31 preschool children
Reports & Papers
Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers
An inquiry into the role of high-stakes testing in early childhood programs in the adoption of early childhood policies, with a suggestion of an alternative method for the assessment of children to inform the decisions of public policymakers
Other
Acoustic analysis of lexical tone in Mandarin infant-directed speech
A comparison between the acoustics and inflection of language of Mandarin-Chinese mothers when speaking to their 10-12 month-old infants and when speaking to adults, based on vocal recordings of 16 mothers
Reports & Papers
Acquisition of hearing, listening and speech skills by and during key stage 1
An examination of the relationship between effective classroom teaching and factors that may affect listening and speech skills in children between the ages of 5 and 7, including classroom acoustic environments, reduced hearing sensitivity, and underdeveloped listening skills
Other
Action speaks louder than words: Young children differentially weight perceptual, social, and linguistic cues to learn verbs
An exploration of the ways that children utilize perceptual, social, and linguistic cues in order to learn verbs, using data from three experiments conducted with 21- to 24-month-old children
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Aesthetic experience and early language and literacy development
An exploration of the connections between theory and research in language development and children’s engagement with the arts, and their implications for early childhood classroom practice
Other
Afterschool programs: Helping kids succeed in rural America
An overview of the special challenges faced by poor children in rural areas and examples of after school programs successfully meeting these challenges
Fact Sheets & Briefs
An analysis of Utah’s K-3 Reading Improvement Program
An analysis of the adherence to state legislation of school districts and charter schools receiving matching state funds through Utah’s Reading Improvement Program
Reports & Papers
Are there long-term effects of early child care?
An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
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Assessing capacity: Early childhood education in rural New York State [Draft]
A study of the availability of child care and early education slots for children under five in rural New York State and how the availability of slots in different child care and early education settings in rural counties compares with the availability in non-rural counties, based on data from New York State agencies and on U.S. Census data
Reports & Papers
Assessment and decision-making in early childhood education and intervention
An account of the use of an inductive-experimental teaching assessment model to improve children’s letter recognition scores at a Head Start center
Reports & Papers
Assessment and implementation of positive behavior support in preschools
An assessment of the implementation of positive behavior support (PBS) models in early childhood education settings, based on a study of 15 classrooms in a United States Pacific Northwest community
Reports & Papers
Assessment considerations for young English language learners across different levels of accountability
A discussion of considerations and recommendations for assessing young English language learners in programs with different levels of accountability and an overview of current assessment measurements and strategies for English language learners
Other
Association between nonmaternal care in the first year of life and children's receptive language skills prior to school entry: The moderating role of socioeconomic status
A longitudinal examination of the role of family socioeconomic status in the relationship between nonmaternal child care in the first year of life and young children's developing language skills
Reports & Papers
Attention problems in very low birth weight preschoolers: Are new screening measures needed for this special population?
An exploration of the relationship between children born with low birth weight and unique attention problems, testing for discrepancies between the results of a common attention screening instrument and the performances of preschool children during assigned attention tasks
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Attitudes about shared reading among at-risk mothers of newborn babies
An examination of low income, multi ethnic mothers' attitudes in terms of shared book reading with their infants, the number of books in their homes and the relation between sociodemographic characteristics and the mothers' attitudes
Reports & Papers
Babies and young children in nurseries: Using psychoanalytic ideas to explore tasks and interactions
An application of theories from psychoanalysis in a conceptual framework for emotional interactions in the nursery based on data from a study of 6 nurseries
Reports & Papers
Behavior problem trajectories and first-grade cognitive ability and achievement skills: A latent growth curve analysis
An investigation of the relationship between behavior problems at age 2 and school performance in first grade, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Reports & Papers
Behaviour and skills in six-year-old children in a 'high risk' programme
An analysis of the correlation between behavior problems and cognitive, linguistic, and motor skills in a sample of 31 children, with an average age of 6 years and 4 months, enrolled in a special education program for children with problem behavior in Norway
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